Fated
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Dragon Ball Z I also do not own most of the first sentences…
A/N: Sorry it took so long to update – I'm packing for a trip and also trying to stock up for the oncoming hurricanes!! Sometimes it really sucks living down here… oh well. I'm not sure if I'll be able to update too much this month, what with all the hurricane stuff, crappy internet, job hunt, etc… but I promise I'll update at least once a week.
Aaron Leach: Thank you.
G. Login: 'S okay! Honest mistake :P Um, this is Gohan we're talking about, do you seriously believe he would remember the name of a Saiyan, who was responsible for creating an invention to help aid the destruction of civilizations, spoken about once, decades ago? Lol nice try though!!
H-bomber: Yeah he was angry! I would be too!
Mirai Gensao: Ahh I see, most likely lol thank you! Wait till you see what I have planned for the, ehem, future XD
Princesa de la Luna: Thank you! I will try.
Linbug: Hmm, you'll have to wait for that one XD
Rhiannon: I'm very glad you like it so much! I'm not tell'n if the other Z-Fighter will make an appearance, that'd be a spoiler one way or another :P
Mooopower: Thank a lot! I'll try.
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"So, you still haven't answered my question… why do you have a tail?" Gohan glanced at Trunks before answering.
"I'll answer when we're all together – you, your mom, my mom, et cetera." He replied, receiving a nod of agreement from the younger man. When the men walked in Videl had expected Trunks to act the way he did so she was not surprised to find a large, bleeding cut down Gohan's chin. Bulma however, was not expecting it.
"Gohan! What happened?" She asked in a concern tone as she stood to greet them.
"I got what I deserved that's what happened." Gohan replied calmly. Trunks winced slightly and glanced at the closest thing to ever come to a father with something akin to regret.
"Trunks! How could you?" Bulma said abashed.
"Uh… sorry mom…" Trunks apologized quietly but Gohan placed a hand on Trunks' shoulder and shook his head.
"No, he had every right to hit me. I deserved it." Gohan pressed, adamant in the knowledge that he deserved to be punished the way he was. Bulma sighed and sat back down, shaking her head in surrender.
"Fine, just don't go around beating on everyone that upsets you okay son?" Trunks smiled and nodded.
"Sure thing mom." Videl took the opportunity to make herself visible; she cleared her throat and stood up.
"Oh! Trunks, meet Videl – my fiancé." Gohan said proudly, a wide grin spreading across his war-etched face. Trunks blinked in surprise.
"Really?? Wow! Congratulations!" Trunks said happily before extending his hand to the raven-haired woman. "Hello, nice to meet you!" Trunks greeted, shaking Videl's hand.
"Likewise, I've heard a lot about you." Videl said with a kind smile.
"Say, where's my mother?" Gohan asked Bulma while Trunks and Videl introduced each other and spoke.
"She said she'd be here in about twenty minutes, she was halfway here before you arrived so I'd expect her soon." Bulma answered, offering Gohan a seat and some tea. "I heard you two as you were walking in, you have something to tell us?" she asked curiously, referring to the softly spoken conversation Gohan and Trunks had as they entered the kitchen. She set the kettle back down and scooping the amount of sugar she knew Gohan liked into his tea.
"Yes." Gohan answered simply, accepting the tea and drinking deliberately slow.
"…And?" Prompted the blue-haired woman; Gohan set his cup down and glanced at his fiancé and surrogate brother before returning his gaze to his old friend.
"Sorry Bulma, you're just going to have to wait like everyone else." He replied with a sugary-sweet smile that said his lips were sealed. Bulma huffed in frustration and leaned back against her chair in defeat, sipping her tea idly as she watched her son and Videl make their way toward them again.
"Trunks… I have a favor to ask of you…" Gohan began cautiously as the two sat down at the table and accepted the offered tea from Bulma.
"Sure Gohan, what is it?" Trunks asked, sipping his plain tea.
"Would you consider being my best man at our wedding?" Gohan asked, placing his arm around Videl and smiling at his little brother. Trunks beamed and nodded enthusiastically.
"That'd be awesome! Thanks for asking me."
"Thank you for accepting." Gohan countered. Not ten minutes later they all heard a speeder approaching and knew Chichi and her father, the Ox-King, had arrived. When the Son elders entered and greetings were shared Gohan sat everyone down so he could begin his tale. As Gohan spoke Trunks could not believe the struggles Gohan went through to get to were he was.
As Gohan was nearing the end of his explanation he noticed stunned looks from the others. 'I better wrap this up fast…' he thought. "Anyway, what I mean to say is… I'm not half Saiyan anymore." Gohan finished simply.
"…What?" Bulma asked incredulously. Gohan sighed and tried explaining it in a more simple way.
"The human DNA I once had, was replaced by my Saiyan DNA a while ago… I'm a pure-blooded Saiyan." The group covered their ears from Chichi's high-pitch screech of shock before the expected sound of her fainting from it moments later.
"Chichi!" Ox-King cried, catching his daughter.
"And… you're saying the same stuff that grew your arm did that to you?" Bulma asked trying to understand what he finished explaining.
"Yes… why do I get the feeling I'm going to be repeating myself a lot this year?" Gohan muttered and caught Videl's grin of amusement.
"Since you told us your story I suppose it's only fair I tell you mine huh?" Trunks said, shifting to a more comfortable spot in his seat; he began his tale with when he thought he found Gohan dead. He spoke of how the grief and rage fueled his transformation and how he tried to train himself day after day, month after month, year after year to fight the androids. He told them how he went back in time and had to blow his cover of being from the future to help their younger counterparts. Trunks finished his tale with how Gohan from the past became enraged and surpassed a Super-Saiyan to achieve the next ascension and how he literally defeated the ultimate enemy, Cell, single-handedly.
"That's… incredible… I had to train so hard to reach that level… and you say my counterpart simply powered up and broke through his limit?" Gohan asked in astonishment, "Granted, it doesn't surprise me too much since those kinds of things caused by anger happen a lot in my family… my dad went Super-Saiyan the first time from anger too." Gohan explained, leaning back against his chair and scratching his chin thoughtfully.
"Are you saying you are more than what he is Gohan?" Trunks asked, surprised that such a thing was possible. Gohan sat straight again and looked over at Trunks seriously.
"Yes." He answered simply.
"Yeah and he nearly killed himself several times doing it." Videl grumbled, giving her fiancé a half-hearted glare and resisting the urge to smile when he kissed her cheek… a girl had to keep her image after all!
"Wow! Could you show me?" Trunks asked eagerly. Gohan smiled affectionately and nodded.
"Sure, but you have to show me what you can do too… and then we talk about this Cell guy okay?"
"You got it!" Trunks replied, standing and leading the older Saiyan to the back.
"Just don't ruin my garden again!" Bulma warned; she and Videl sat near a still unconscious Chichi with Ox-King while the boys nodded in agreement and walked out. When Chichi began to wake they could already hear Gohan and Trunks displaying their abilities and testing each others strengths. "If they keep that up they'll make more of a mess than the androids did…" Bulma grumbled.
"Wha?"
"Oh! Chichi you're awake!" Ox-King exclaimed happily, hugging his daughter before setting her back down. "We were getting worried honey, you missed Trunks' story." He informed.
"Huh? Oh, that's okay… I'll listen to it when he explains it to the others… I just hope Master Roshi didn't do something stupid like go out and try to fight the androids on his own…" Chichi sighed and let her father lead her to her seat again. "I had the strangest dream… Gohan said he wasn't human anymore… ah, good thing it was a dream right?" Chichi said smiling; her smile faded however when she saw the sheepish looks from everyone present. "Don't tell me… it wasn't a dream?" Chichi asked with a sigh of defeat. 'Why do these things have to happen to me…' she thought woefully.
"Aw cheer up Chichi, this just means Gohan is a bit stronger, has a tail, and doesn't have to cut his hair again!" Bulma mentioned with a grin.
"Yeah, but it doesn't mean he's not Gohan anymore." Videl supplied, patting the depressed woman on the back. Meanwhile, outside Gohan and Trunks had just finished showing off what they could do.
"That's incredible! You look completely alien like that! But you're still hiding your power-level? You must be really strong now!" Trunks said, observing Gohan's thick, eyebrow-less brow ridges that shadowed his hard, ocean-colored eyes and wildly spiked long golden hair that incased his toughened features. Gohan shrugged modestly and let his body return to its normal state.
"It's fine I guess… I haven't really had a chance to test my power in battle yet and I can tell you how much I'm itching to! It's really weird… when I was younger I didn't really like the idea of having to fight… as I got older I guess I just stopped thinking about it because it was something I had to do… but now… it's as if being completely Saiyan woke up some drive for combat in me…" Gohan explained.
"Well… I didn't really like the idea of fighting too much a few years ago either… I don't mind it now though." Trunks said. He could see the unspoken question in his master's eyes and crossed his arms idly, "You want to know about Cell right?" he asked.
"Yes… if you don't mind." Gohan said, sitting down with his on the ground.
"Well… I can tell you that he's a foe much more powerful than the androids, even at his current state." Gohan looked puzzled.
"What do you mean?"
"Cell has three stages. He needs to absorb the androids so that his power can be restored and "perfect" his form so to speak. You know like Freeza transformed? Well Cell did too… he became "perfect" Cell and his title very nearly fit him. Luckily the androids are destroyed here but if he should happen to absorb one of us…"
"It won't happen. Come on, I don't want to sit around while that freak is on the loose… let's go tell the others where we're headed and go hunting hm?" Gohan suggested as he stood and dusted himself off.
"Yeah! Sure." Trunks agreed and followed Gohan inside. After informing the group of their intentions and ignoring protests Master and Pupil set off to hunt Cell down.
How will they fare in this battle? Do they stand a chance against the mighty CELL??
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End A/N: Do they? Do they?? Omigod tell meeee!! Oh wait, I'm the author! Silly me. The next chapter is the mighty fight will Cell!! Will that over-grown cockroach stand a chance against SSJ Trunks and SSJ3 Gohan?? I dunno, I tend to like to twist things… stay tuned and tell me what you think!!